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 Memories of Merelbeke - een randgemeente van Gent
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Belgium 1970s
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MERELBEKE


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We lived in Belgium in the 1970s. Dad, Eric Hayles was working for Volvo Europa at Oostakker near Ghent and we moved into a house in the Verlorenbroodstraat in Merelbeke. We hope you enjoy our evocative photos of life in Merelbeke, a suburb of Ghent.

56 files, last one added on Oct 27, 2014
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GHENT/GENT BELGIUM


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We lived near the beautiful city of Ghent (Gent) in Belgium in East Flanders (Oost Vlaanderen) from 1974 till 1978, although dad was there for about another six years after that. We hope you enjoy some of our photo archive from those happy times.

48 files, last one added on Oct 27, 2014
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MERELBEKE FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS


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Some of our wonderful neighbours and friends when we lived in Merelbeke. If you know any names that we haven't mentioned, please add them below the photo.

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DANSCLUB TERPSICHORE MERELBEKE


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Mum and dad had dancing lessons at the Dansclub Terpsichore in Hundelgemsesteenweg in 1977-78. These are pictures from one of their social functions.

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OUT AND ABOUT IN BELGIUM


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Our Welsh friends, the Davies Family


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We attended church at the Evangelisch Centruum, Burgstraat, Gent, where we got to know the wonderful Davies family from Wales (the clue was in the name!) Charles and Betty, Godfrey, Joseph and Noel. There were also two sisters who weren't in Belgium. Charles was an accomplished artists and signwriter. He once had a job painting the Coca Cola logo on lorries, so he must have been very good! He also painted a sign for our neighbours opposite which read "Bobinage van motoren".

11 files, last one added on Apr 26, 2014
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Documentation


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Leaflets and other documentation from our time in Belgium

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Belgium 1990s
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VISITS TO MERELBEKE IN 1990s


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In the 1990s, along came the internet. Jonathan put "Merelbeke" into a search engine to see what he would see, and stumbled across the website of Sint-Michielsschool. After writing a greeting in the guest book he received a reply from Guy van Heddegem, and a friendship developed which led to Jonathan visiting Merelbeke in 1998 and writing a song which was performed at the school's Eindejaarshow. He visited again the following year. Here are some pictures from those shows.... we hope to bring you some video clips in the future too. Photos mostly by Jonathan Hayles, captions by Guy van Heddegem.

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 GITO Merelbeke flyer van 1975 3/42742 viewsDec 05, 2017
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 GITO Merelbeke leaflet from 1975 2/4329 viewsGITO Merelbeke flyer van 1975Dec 05, 2017
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 Cards at Number 31464 viewsOct 27, 2014
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 Wilfried at his mother's in Moortsele461 viewsOct 27, 2014
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 Wilfried's mother in Moortsele458 viewsOct 27, 2014
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 Wilfried and Lydiane at Wilfried's mother's in Moortsele471 viewsOct 27, 2014
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 Tram near the Gravensteen in Ghent, 1978744 viewsOct 27, 2014
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 Wilfried adds the finishing touches to his villa457 viewsOct 27, 2014
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 Lydiane makes sure Wilfried is doing things properly461 viewsOct 27, 2014
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 Wilfried adds the finishing touches to his villa448 viewsOct 27, 2014

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 Hilda Meersschaut465 views
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 Josh Verlorenbroodstraat Merelbeke 1975570 views
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 The Cowans and the Davies's363 viewsA visit to Ypres. Mr and Mrs Cowan from Hayes Town Chapel were staying with us. Mum and Dad took them on a visit to Ypres. Betty and Charles Davies are there too, along with their sons Noel and Joseph. Dad can't remember if you all met up in Ypres or travelled together. Either way, he didn't have room in our car for his sons, and it was as a result of that he decided to buy the Volkwagen minibus you see in some of our other pictures. It was so if friends came over from England, we could all go out together.
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 The Meerschauts and our relatives from England305 views
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 Sint-Michielsschool Eindejaarshow 1998275 viewsNa afloop getuigde iemand uit het 250-koppig publiek: "Ik heb in tijden niet meer zo gelachen!"

 

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